CAN you imagine this happening anywhere but at a Hindu wedding?

A bride becomes enraged when the groom has an epileptic fit and is taken to the hospital. She and her family are so enraged that she promptly marries one of the guests. They are mad because they have been ripped off. They were not told of the groom’s health problem.

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Dan R. writes:

How about Spelling Bee edition?  In America.  I’m reminded of an incident from a competition my daughter competed in about a dozen years ago.  The words asked come from lists which are accessible to those who wish to study from them.  The competition had gone on longer than expected and the organizers had to move on to a new list.  An Indian boy misspelled his word and the mother carried on, threatening to sue, because her son hadn’t had a chance to study from the new list.

Anita Kern writes from Toronto:

That “ripped off” remark seems a little strong to me – there is a difference between furious and ripped off….

Apart from that, this is an echo of the third film in the Apu trilogy, The World of Apu, in which the bridegroom is found to be mentally unfit, and – I quote from wiki – “… according to prevalent Hindu tradition, … the young bride must be wedded off during the previously appointed auspicious hour, otherwise she will have to remain unmarried all her life.” So there’s that to consider!

Laura writes:

By “ripped off” I meant that they seemed, judging from the news report, to have felt they had been cheated, which is in keeping with a view of marriage as similar to a commercial contract. We have plenty of our own problems here, but I just can’t imagine anything like this occurring in this country. I can’t imagine bridal guests  being angry that a groom fell sick.

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